Syringe.



Patented Dec. 3l, l90|. A. B. JAMISON.

8 Y R l N G E.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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ALOINOUS B. JAMISON,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,972, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed March 9, 1900.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoINoUs B. J AMISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Syringes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to surgical apparatus or instruments, and particularly to articles of this character constructed to irrigate internal parts of the human body and to convey a medicated liquid directly to the internal part treated, such as the rectum and bowels and vagina; and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus or device of this general character constructed to permit the patient or nurse to control the supply and discharge of the liquid employed at a distance from the parts without necessitating the use of the hands of the patient or nurse in proximity to the parts treated.

Another object of the invention is to permit the introduction and retention of the device in operative position within the parts treated at a distance from the parts, thus avoiding the requirement on the part of the patient or nurse of bringing the hands near the parts treated.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a device constructed to produce pressure around the external orifice of the duct or canal treated, to facilitate the retention of the point therein, to prevent the accidental escape of the liquid employed and to allow such pressure to be applied at a distance from the part treated, thereby rendering unnecessary the hands of the patient or attendant about the treated parts.

A further object is to construct such a device to introduce and withdraw the liquid through the same orifice or passage, thereby producing a recurrent douche capable of passing or discharging particles of feces and discharges from the diseased parts under treatment.

Still another object of the invention is to provide for a direct discharge of the used liquid, 850., into a receiving-receptacle or to Serial No 7,974- (No model.)

afford means for the ready attachment of tubing to the device for discharge at a distauce.

Furthermore, an object is to provide for the retention around and in contact with the external orifice of the part treated ot' a portion of the liquid introduced within the duct or canal in the character of an overflow for the purpose of treating the orifice, as well as the interior of the part, and to constitute a frame for larger surface pressure.

WVith these and other objects in View the invention consists,essentially,in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure l is a side elevational view of one form of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a partial central longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view illustrating an overflow cup or collector in position and showing a portion of tubing attached to the discharge nozzle or tip.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3 thereof, the reference character 1 designates the main or body portion of the device, preferably frusto-conical in form, with the sloping edges rounded ofi, substantially as shown, for the purpose of closing the external orifice of the canal or duct into which the device is introduced and also to effect pressure at the orifice to prevent the accidental escape of the liquid introduced.

The main or body portion 1 is preferably constructed with a longitudinal and a transverse bore 2 and 3, respectively, the former desirably having screw-threaded orifices 4t and 5, the orifice 4 being constructed to removably receive a point or tip 6, adapted to enter the canal or duct to be treated and discharge the medicated or other liquid directly upon the diseased parts.

It will of course be understood that the invention is in no manner limited to the form of point or tip shown and described, as it is obvious the same will be required to be changed in practice according to the parts treated, and the form shown is only typical.

The point or tip 6 is preferably constructed with a neck 7 desirably of less diameter than the main portion of the tip to allow the muscles at the exterior orifice of the duct or canal to contract around the-tip and aid the retention thereof, as will be readily understood.

The tip 6 is preferably provided with a screw threaded shank constructed to be screwed into the orifice 4 and desirably has a central longitudinal bore of large diameter through which the liquid is injected and through which the particles of feces and mucus and used liquid are allowed to escape, and the point or tip may be provided with lateral openings 8 for the egress of the liquid introduced through the tip, if desired.

A discharge-nozzle 9, of any preferred construction and exterior formation, may be screwed or otherwise connected into the opening or orifice 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and this nozzle 9 may be used to discharge the spent or used liquid directlyin to a receptacle, as contemplated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or a section of flexible tubing 10 may be frictionally connected therewith, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in order that the used liquid and other matter may be discharged into a receptacle at a distance, as will be readily understood.

Revolubly mounted within the transverse bore 3 of the main or body portion 1 is a twoway plug or valve 11, having a transverse bore 12 and the lateralopening 13, preferably at right angles thereto, whereby when the plug is turned in the position shown in Fig. 2 the transverse bore 12 registers with the longitudinal bore of the main or body portion and allows the escape of the used liquid and matter through said bores, as will be readily understood. The plug or valve 11 is preferably provided with alongitudinal bore 14 and has connected therewith or formed thereon a tubular rod 15, having an opening therein registering with the opening 13. in.- said plug,

so that when the tube and plug are turned at. 1

right angles to the position shown in Fig. 2 the opening 13 and the opening in the tubular rod will register with the orifice 4-. and permit the passage or induction of the liquid through the tubular rod 15., opening 13, ori- 'fice 4., and tip 6. to the parts to be treated.

The end of the tubular rod is preferably provided with a screw-threaded cap 16, constructed, preferably, to engage the end of said tubular rod and desirably to have screwthreaded engagement with the plug 11, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In order to avoid inconvenience and discomfort in using the apparatus, the tubular rod 15 is preferably provided with a sleeve or casing 17, of material having the least conductivity for heat, as it is desirable to employ liquid of very high temperature, which in passing through the tubular rod 15 would heat the same and render the manipulation of the apparatus extremely diflicu'lt and inconvenient.

The rod 15 may be provided with a cut-ofi device 18, of any preferred construction, to control the inlet of the liquid at a distance from the apparatus at the will of the patient or attendant and Without necessitating the presence of the hands upon the main or body portion of the apparatus, and the extremity of the tubular rod 15 is preferably provided with a frusto-conical head 19 for the attachment of a flexible tubing, preferably connected with a fountain-bag or other source of supply.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 is substantially similar to that shown and described in relation to Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that a different tip or point 20 is employed and that a cup or receptacle 21 is shown resting upon the convex end of the main or body portion 1, around the inlet'orifice 4 thereof, and preferably held in position thereon by the annular flange 22 upon the tip 20, essentially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The cup or receptacle is designed to provide for the retention of a portion of the liquid introduced in contact with the external orifice of the duct or canal treated and to provide for pressure over an extended surface around such orifice to prevent the accidental escape of the liquid. This cup or receptacle maybe of any preferred construction or configuration that may be required in or der that the same may conform to the part of the anatomy with which the apparatus is employed in'practice, and the form here shown and described is only typical of any preferred form.

The operation of the apparatus will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following explanation thereof. The flexible tubing of a fountainbag or source of supply is first connected with i the head 19 of the inlet-tube 15, and the apparatus is inserted into the canal or duct to be treated and is held in position therein and pressed against the orifice thereof by force exerted upon the tube 15 and sleeve 17 as a lever, whereupon the cut-off 18 is opened, allowing the liquid to pass through the tube 15 and out through the opening 13' in the plug 11 and through the orifice 4i and tip or point 6 to the part to be treated, it being understood that the tube 15 and plug 11 have first been turned so that the opening 13 of the latter registers with the orifice 4 in the main or body portion 1 of the apparatus. When a sufficient supply of the liquid shall havebeen in troduced, the cut-off 18 is turned and the tube 15 and sleeve 17 are rotated a quarter of a revolution to bring the orifice 13 at right angles to the position first described and to cause the bore 12 of the plug 11 to register with the orifices tand 5 of the body portion 1, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thus allowing the escape of the liquid introduced through the bore of tip 6, the bore 12, and the nozzle 1 to the receptacle.

I do not desire to confine myself to the specific construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein shown and' described, and I reserve the right to make all such changes in and modifications of the same as come within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a syringe, the combination with the body portion formed with a longitudinal and transverse bore, of a plug formed with longitudinal and transverse bores adapted to operate in the longitudinal bore of the body portion, a nozzle and discharge-tube separate therefrom connected with the transverse bore of the body portion, and a screw-plu g for closing and controlling the plug with relation to the body portion.

2. In a syringe, the combination with the body portion formed with longitudinal and transverse bores, of a plug formed with longitudinal and transverse bores, alateral open ing also formed in the plug at an angle to the transverse bore, the bores of the body portion and plug adapted to register as the plug is rotated, a nozzle and discharge-tube connected with the transverse bore of the body portion, and a screw-plug for closing and controlling the plug with relation to the body portion.

3. In a syringe, the combination with a frusto-conical body formed with longitudinal and transverse bores, of a plug also formed with longitudinal and transverse bores to register with the bores of the main body, a lateral opening also formed in the plug at an angle to the transverse bore, a nozzle and dischargetube connected with the transverse bore of the body portion, and a drip-pan adapted to be secured on the body portion.

4. In a syringe, the combination with a frusto-conical body formed with longitudinal and transverse bores, of a plug also formed with longitudinal and transverse bores, a lateral opening also formed in the plug atan angle to the transverse bore, a nozzle and dischargetube adapted to be connected to the transverse bore of the body portion, a flange formed upon the base of the nozzle, a drip-pan secured upon the body portion by the flange of the nozzle, and a plug to regulate the supply of liquid.

5. An irrigator provided with a main portion having longitudinal and discharge bores, induction and eduction tips connected with the discharge-bore, an induction-tube having the frusto conical end thereof movably mounted in the longitudinal bore, and having a transverse bore, and an opening in said end, constructed to control the admission and dis= charge of the liquid by the rotation of said tube, and the cut-0E in the free end of said tube to control the passage of liquid thereinto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af= fixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALOINOUS B. JAMISOIT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. Rocnns, M. L. SHAYi 

